Dave and Ultrarider...Thanks SO much for the inside information! I have camped, backpacked, and fly fished in that area since I was a wee lad, and love it. No prettier mountains anywhere, and I've seen a few. If I had my "druthers", I'd live somewhere towards the Cosby area from Gatlinburg. Maryville appealed to me because it looks like it's "big enough", has a decent Hospital (and Knoxville is near), and the homes looked affordable.
I don't need a big assed house. 1500-2000 sq. ft. would do me fine. A log home would be great, but I'm not all that picky, other than relatively low maintenance. But, it would need to have either a basement, or at least a 3 car Garage for all my chit that I can't part with at this time. And I'd like a little privacy...just enough where my neighbors can't hear what I say when I'm sittin' outside talking to myself and having a brew.

But the tax situation sounds kind of like Alabama. High sales tax, but our property taxes may be a bit lower.
If it's going to happen at all, it will be a year or two. Housing market where we live now is depressed and undervalued, so it makes it hard to walk away from invested money. It all washes out, one way or the other.